Author: Kelly

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
Sometimes unforeseen things will happen to us that don’t make any sense. ?How do we overcome our hardest obstacles in life? ?Shall we succumb to our current trials and tribulations that are causing us so much suffering, pain and despair. ?Life’s difficulties may feel so overwhelming that the easiest response is to give up…

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
Reflection of one’s life can happen for a variety of reasons.  For me personally, after I was diagnosed with cancer, I sat down and evaluated my life and my current state of mind.  I was miserable due to having the fear of dying constantly in the pit of my stomach.  Did I want to continue in this negative mental state throughout my cancer battle…

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
Life can be joyous, chaotic, sad, or marvelous and we do not know what tomorrow will bring into our lives. ?If we stop to think about it, life is a journey?in which we hold the key on how we will experience it. ?For some of us, like myself who is a cancer survivor, we…

After what seemed like an eternity, the wait is over, at least for now. The much-anticipated test results are back for my dad and the verdict is in. The diagnosis is bladder cancer, more specifically neuroendocrine carcinoma.  The oncologist told my dad that one scrap had been done in previous hospital but he wanted to go back in to perform another scrap and check status of tumor.  My…

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
You may be going through a difficult season in your life, perhaps you feel you have made mistakes or you let others dictate your self-worth.  We tend to consume ourselves with our circumstances. This is reflected outwardly to others in our daily interactions despite our best efforts to contain our emotions.  Personally, I have learned that we grow through these difficult times…

At the beginning and throughout different phases of my cancer battle journey, I had to get multiple types of testing done.  I had blood test, x-rays, CT scans, MRI, PET scan, camera and biopsies to name a few.  When I first became ill with flu-like symptoms, the tests results were not showing any signs of cancer.  Then after what seemed like thousands of tests taken, various…

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
During certain periods in our lives, we experience pain, loss, devastation, and loneliness.  These dark periods manifest in increasing levels of mental anguish that becomes intolerable and makes us want to escape.  You feel as if nobody understands your pain or can even notice that you are falling apart at the seams.  You feel you are all alone, trying to…

Recently, when I was starting to write the rough draft of a new blog, I got interrupted by an alarming phone call. To make a long story short I found out that my dad has had part of a cyst removed from his bladder and that they found two different types of cancer cells. In addition to that, more extensive testing is required due to the previous test results being inconclusive.  Cancer has decided…

Originally posted on Cancer: The Upside:
This aggressive fast-growing cancer presented itself with cold-like symptoms, but this was only the beginning of what was to come. ?As the tumor grew bigger, it began to affect my breathing which?required me to be?placed?on oxygen. ?Hereafter,?it felt like?the tumor?was?hammering?me internally. ?It was?as if I had become a boxer and was being repeatedly punched…